Im in my bedroom on january 6th watching thousands of people at the United States capitol on the day that the president ial election was supposed to be certified. Like most of us, last winter i watched live as people stormed the United States capitol. Fueled by the baseless claim that the election was stolen. Make no mistake, this election was stolen from you, from me. Stop the steal stop the steal this is the consequence of Conspiracy Theories rung amok. Accusations of lies, treason, even pedophilia flew from all directions. It begs the question, how did we end up here . Americans have always been fascinated with alternate versions of the truth. The clues were all there, actually, that it had the potential to get as huge as its become. But in the last decade, Conspiracy Thinking has gone mainstream, and it may not be entirely our fault. If youre a democrat and im a republican, the algorithm is incentivized to push us apart. Tonight were taking a closer look at a system thats designed
i m in my bedroom on january 6th watching thousands of people at the united states capitol on the day that the presidential election was supposed to be certified. like most of us, last winter i watched live as people stormed the united states capitol. fueled by the baseless claim that the election was stolen. make no mistake, this election was stolen from you, from me. stop the steal! stop the steal! this is the consequence of conspiracy theories rung amok. accusations of lies, treason, even pedophilia flew from all directions. it begs the question, how did we end up here? americans have always been fascinated with alternate versions of the truth. the clues were all there, actually, that it had the potential to get as huge as it s become. but in the last decade, conspiracy thinking has gone mainstream, and it may not be entirely our fault. if you re a democrat and i m a republican, the algorithm is incentivized to push us apart. tonight we re taking a closer
there have been protests over the country, they were largely peaceful. as some states move to restrict abortion rights, some are moving to protect access and funding. some major companies are pledging to provide support. there are questions this morning about the future of other court-determined rights. the consenting opinion from clarence thomas calls for the court to reconsider precedence on contraception and same-sex marriage. we have cnn justice correspondent jessica snyder. how are things at the court this morning? reporter: they re actually pretty quiet this morning, but we ve seen protests all weekend long. we re expecting more later this morning. the supreme court is set to issue opinions again at 10:00 a.m. we have already seen this court issue its most monumental decision on friday, overturning roe v. wade but there s still a lot to come. we have seven opinions left to come this term. it s a term we expect to wrap up this week. but the court will still be issuin
Sensation , has died. He was 76 and had cancer. The African American running back was also a successful hollywood actor. But his fame turned to infamy in 1994 when he was accused of murdering nicole brown, and a friend of hers in los angeles. Journalist David Margolick covered the oj Simpson Trial for the New York Times he told me what that covering the trial had been like. Well, yeah, it was really at the centre of the world for several months. I mean, covering it was unlike any experience that i ever had before. Everybody was watching it. Everybody was talking about it. There was enormous pressure on covering it well and sensitively, and it was an enormous professional challenge to get through it. A professional challenge because in part it was so divisive, wasnt it, in the way that americans saw the case, the trial and indeed the verdict . Well, thats true. And i think that on the one hand, you could get buried in the testimony and the day to day challenges of covering a trial on th
britain s ecomomy is expected to have gone into reverse shrinking by 0.1%. and if that continues for the rest of the year two quarters of negative growth that would constitute a recession. the bank of england has raised the cost of borrowing to a 15 year high, to try to rein in soaring prices, and that s weighing heavily on many businesses and households. on thursday, official data showed a steep jump in the number of people falling behind on mortgage payments. our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, reports. good morning, donna speaking, how may i help? with rates on the up, more people have been struggling to pay their mortgage bill. don t worry, i m sure we can get this sorted out for you. ..and an increasing number are now officially in arrears. you know, nobody wants to send debt collectors to your door. nobody wants that. that s not what we want. we want to help you, we want to get a solution in place with you, but we can only do that if you give us a ca